Improvement in ink-feeding devices for paper-ruling machines



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Ink-Feeding Device for-Paper-Ruling Machines.

No. 208,592. Patented Oct. 1, 1878.

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W. HANDY. Ink-Feeding Device for Paper-Ruling Machines.

No. 208,592. Patented Oct. I, 1878.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM HANDY, OF BROOKLYN, NEV YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN INK-FEEDING DEVICES FOR PAPER-RULING MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 208,592, dated October1, 1878 application filed April 23, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HANDY, of the city of Brooklyn, in thecounty of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Ink-Feeding Devices for Paper-Ruling Machines, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanyin g drawing, which forms part of thisspecification.

In paper -ruling machines it frequently occurs, when the machine isstopped for a longer or shorter interval, that the pens becomesurcharged with ink from the cloth or means used to distribute the inkto the pens, so that before starting again on the paper to be ruled itis a common practice to work off the surplus ink on the pens by runninga waste sheet forward and backward through the machine, in order thatgood work may afterward be done. This involves not only loss of time,but also waste of material and wear and tear of the machine.

My invention obviates this defect, without being dependent upon theattention of the operator, or of removing the pens from contact with thedistributing-cloth; and consists in a combination, with the reservoir orfountain, which contains the ink, and a conductor, duct, or tube, whichconveys the ink therefrom to the cloth that serves as a distributer tothe pens, of a bucket wheel or carrier, positively driven by thepaper-ruling machine or shaft, having motion only when the machine is atwork, for supplying the conductor with ink to the distributing-cloth ormeans when the machine is at work, and for arresting such supply whenthe machine is stopped.

The invention also consists in a certain construction of the bucketwheel or carrier and devices operating the same, for conveying the inkfrom the reservoir or fountain to the conductor, which passes it to theruling-pens, or to the distributor which supplies said pens, and forvarying the action of the bucket wheel or carrier which conveys the inkfrom the fountain to the conductor to suit different requirements.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a plan of certaindevices used to illustrate my invention for supplying the pens ofruling-machines with ink, showing only two of a series ofdifferent-colored ink wells or fountains, in line with one another. Fig.2 is a transverse vertical section of the same, and Fig. 3 a side viewthereof. Fig. 4is a view of one of a series of buckets attached to arevolving carrier, for conveying ink from the well or fountain toatrough and tube, which supplies the cloth or sponge that distributesthe ink to the pen or pens, said view showing, upon a larger scale, acertain mode of attaching the buckets to their carrier, to provide fortheir ready detachment therefrom when required.

A A are the side or end frames of the inkfeeding devices of apaper-rulin g machine, and B B, two fountains, wells, or reservoirs forcontaining different-colored inks. As each of these fountains and thedevices connected with them are of similar construction, a descriptionof either will apply to both.

Each fountain B has arranged to rotate within it a bucket-carrier, 0,fast upon a horizontal shaft, D, that has its bearings in the side orend frames A A. Said carrier has a series of buckets, E, which are freeto swing on or by horizontal pivots I), connected with the carrier, inorder that, as the shaft D is rotated, the pendent buckets E will dipinto and take up a certain quantity of ink, and as by the rotation oftheir carrier they pass over a trip, 0, will deposit the ink containedin them within a trough, II, from whence the ink so raised and depositedis conveyed by a tube, F, to the cloth which distributes the ink to thepen or pens. This trough and tube constitute a duct or conductor for theink from the foun tain or reservoir, as taken up by the bucket-carrier,to the pen or pens, or to the distributingcloth, or means which supplythe latter.

The tube F, it is preferable, should be a flexible one, and its deliveryend may be carried by a reciprocating bar or frame, G, to secure themore perfect or general distribution of the ink conveyed by it over thecloth from which the pens are supplied. Such vibrating or reciprocatingmovement of the tube F is more particularly serviceable when severalpens are to be supplied from the same fountain, and may be effected by agrooved cam, H, on the shaft D, and a lever, I, actuated by said cam andconnected with the bar G. It is proposed to attach the tubes F to thereciprocating bar or frame G by means of adjustable stops, whereby theposition of any one or more of said tubes on the bar may be varied toadapt the distribution of the ink to certain only of the pens in anyparticular series of pens.

The shaft D has an intermittent rotary motion, and is driven, through aratchet-wheel, K, on it, by a pawl, L, which is carried by anoscillating shaft, M, a stop-pawl, N, serving to prevent back movementof the ratchet.

The shaft M is oscillated, by means of a lever, 0, on said shaft, from acrank or disk, 1, on a coutinuously-rotating shaft, Q, through aconnecting-rod, R. This shaft Q may be one of the regular shafts of theruling-machine, or be driven by it, and has motion only when the machineis at work.

The connecting-rod R is made adjustable at either of its ends on thecrank P or lever O in or out, relatively to the center of motion of saidcrank or said lever-as, for instance, by means of a screw, 0, and slotor series of holes f--to regulate the supply of ink from the severalfountains in a series to the several series of pens, by giving more orless motion to the shaft M, and so varying the length of theintermittent movements of the bucket-carriers C. The buckets E are alsomade detachable from their carriers C, to regulate the supply of inkfrom any one of the fountains without affecting the others, by simplyremoving any one or more of the buckets from the carrier.

This mode of regulating the supply will be found useful when the numberof pens supplied from a single fountain is varied; but it will also befound serviceable under other circumstances, and may be used toadvantage in connection with the herein previously described mode ofregulating the supply to the several pens from the different fountainsby means of the adjustable connection of the rod R with the lever O orcrank P.

Various ways may be adopted to provide for readily detaching andattaching the buckets E to regulate the supply. Thus they may have theirshanks or pivots 1) fast to them, and said shanks or pivots be fittedloosely in the carrier 0, and be secured thereto by pins 9, thewithdrawal of which provides for the removal of the buckets and theirshanks from the carrier; but it is preferred to provide the buckets withsplit shanks or pivots, having a spring-like hold in the sockets whichthey fit in the carrier, as shown in Fig. 4, whereby said buckets may bevery readily detached, as required, to regulate the supply.

The lever 0, through which motion is communicated to the severalbucket-carriers, is

loose on the shaft M, and is only connected therewith by a spring orother catch, S, fitted to said lever, and arranged to engage with theshaft M-as, for instance, by its entry within a notch, s, in the end ofsaid shaft. By such or other engaging and disengaging means, the supplyof ink to the pens may be wholly stopped when necessary, as is often thecase, without arresting the motion of the ruling-machine or of the shaftQ, by simply adjusting the catch S to disengage the lever 0 from theshaft M.

The fountains B are supported, by means of hooks at their ends, oncross-bars or stays h, which bind the end frames A A together. Saidhooks V, at one end of either fountain, may be immovably attached to thefountain, and the hooks V V, at the opposite end, be constructed to forma movable spring-clamp, which may be operated by the hand to release itfrom hold on the bar h it clips or engages with, thus providing for aready detachment of the fountain when required to replenish or clean it,or for other purposes, and for the ready replacement of the fountain.

I claim- 1. In a paper-ruling machine, the combination, with a reservoiror fountain and a duct or tube for conveying the ink from said fountainto the cloth which distributes it to the pen or pens, of a bucket wheelor carrier, driven by or in connection with the machine when in motion,and arranged to operate as an intermediate supplying device of the inkto said duct from the fountain, substantially as and for the purpose orpurposes specified.

2. The combination, with either intermittently-rotating bucket-carrier0, having attached pendent buckets E, of the oscillating shaft M, thepawl L. the ratchet-wheel K on the shaft D of the bucket-carriers. thefountain B, the trip 0, the trough d, and the tube ghsubstantially asand for the purpose speci- 3. The combination, with theintermittentlyrotating bucket-carriers C, which supply the ink to thepens, of the vibrating lever 0, the rotating crank P, and theconnecting-rod 1t, adjustable in relation with said lover or crank tovary the intermittent movement of the bucket-carriers, the oscillatingshaft M, with its attached pawl L, and the ratchet-wheel K on theshaft 1) of said carriers, essentially as specified.

WM. HANDY.

\Vitnesses VERNON H. HARRIS, FRED. HAYNES.

